Leading to MEd, Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) Departments: Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Special Education and Communication Disorders
The dual license program is a joint program between the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education and the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders. The program leads to both a BSE in Elementary Education with initial license in elementary education and an MEd in Special Education for initial license as a teacher of students with moderate disabilities (PreK-8). The purpose of the program is to develop general education teachers and special education teachers who have an in-depth understanding of
both special education and the elementary school classroom. Students interested in this program should also review the rules for the Elementary Education, BSE, as those rules also apply to this program.
Early Acceptance to the MEd Program
Students enrolled in the Elementary Education, Dual Licensure Concentration, may apply to the College of Graduate Studies for early acceptance into the MEd program, and no application fee will be required. Application for early acceptance requires that the student:
be a Bridgewater State University senior, enrolled in the Elementary Education, Dual Licensure concentration;
be enrolled in the elementary education "block"; and
file an application for admission to the Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) (Initial Licensure) for Elementary and Early Childhood Teachers, MEd program for the semester immediately following their anticipated BSE completion date.
Although students may be accepted into the graduate program during their senior year, they will be classified as undergraduate students until all requirements of the Bachelor's degree have been fulfilled and the Bachelor's degree has been awarded. Under the early acceptance program, student will be admitted and classified as graduate students in the semester immediately following conferral of the Bachelor's degree. Students accepted under the early acceptance program must begin taking graduate courses the semester immediately after receipt of their Bachelor's degree.
Undergraduate Program Requirements
Students must complete a liberal arts or science major, in addition to the Elementary Education program requirements listed below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Effective July, 1, 2014, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of Massachusetts required that all
students complete a sheltered English immersion course. Therefore, the requirements for this program have changed in that all students (regardless of their catalog year) are required to complete ELED 242.
Grade Requirement
A minimum GPA of 2.8 is required for acceptance into the professional education program, and it must be maintained throughout the program.
Foundation courses (12 credits)
The following courses must be completed prior to admission to professional education and enrollment in professional education courses.
ELED 120 - Child Study in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Classroom
ELED 242 - Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement Course for Teachers
SPED 202 - Introduction to Special Education
SPED 203 - Cultural Diversity Issues in School and Society
Cognate courses (24 credits)
ENGL 254 - Literature for Elementary Education Majors *
GEOG 151 - Human Geography
HIST 131 - World History to 1500
HIST 221 - United States History and Constitutions to 1865
MATH 112 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I **
MATH 113 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II **
MATH 114 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers III **
POLI 172 - Introduction to American Government Note(s):
Some of the required courses listed above also fulfill certain Core Curriculum Requirements.
*Students with a double major in English and Elementary Education are not required to complete ENGL 254; this requirement will be met with the completion of ENGL 494, ENGL 495, ENGL 496, ENGL 497 within the English major.
**Students with a double major in Mathematics and Elementary Education must take Math 112. MATH 325 will meet the requirement of MATH 113, and MATH 403 will meet the requirement of MATH 114.
Professional courses (15.5 credits)
ELED 300 - Elementary Art Methods
ELED 313 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School
ELED 330 - Teaching Reading in the Elementary School
ELED 340 - Teaching Language Arts in the Elementary School
ELED 350 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School
ELED 360 - Teaching in a Standards-Based, Inclusive Elementary Classroom
or SPED 217 - Meeting the Needs of All Learners
Required fieldwork (12 credits)
ELED 492 - Supervised Teaching in Public Schools: Elementary (12 credits) Total minimum undergraduate credits: 63.5
A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the Undergraduate Academic Programs section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website,
www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the Undergraduate Academic Policies section of this catalog.
Graduate Program Requirements
Once students have completed all requirements of the BSE program and the Bachelor's degree has been awarded, they will follow the program requirements for the MEd program. However, students completing the dual license program will not be required to complete SPED 508 - Strategies for Diversity: Sheltered English Immersion Endorsement Course because that requirement will have been met with ELED 242, completed as an undergraduate.
All requirements for the MEd program are outlined through the following link:
Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) (Initial Licensure) for Elementary and Early Childhood Teachers, MEd
ENGLISH
English, BA
Department: English Grade Requirement
Majors must achieve a minimum grade of "C" in ENGL 101 Writing Rhetorically and ENGL 102 Writing Rhetorically with Sources. Credit earned for ENGL 101 and ENGL 102 may not be applied to the major.
The Department of English will permit a major to use only one passing grade below "C-" to satisfy requirements in the English major. An additional grade below "C-" will require the major to take another English course.
Course Requirements
Required courses (9 credits)
ENGL 203 - Writing About Literature
ENGL 223 - Survey of British Literature to 1800
ENGL 234 - Survey of American Literature Elective in pre-1800 British literature (3 credits) Complete one course, selected from the following:
ENGL 314 - Medieval English Literature
ENGL 320 - Chaucer
ENGL 321 - The Age of Pope: 1660-1740
ENGL 322 - The Age of Johnson: 1740-1800
ENGL 335 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
ENGL 340 - Literature of the English Renaissance
ENGL 341 - Literature of the Continental Renaissance
ENGL 342 - Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies
ENGL 343 - Shakespeare: Tragedies and Late Plays
ENGL 360 - The English Novel I
ENGL 370 - 17th-Century Literature
ENGL 380 – Milton
Elective in post-1800 British literature (3 credits) Complete one course, selected from the following:
ENGL 312 - Modern British Fiction
ENGL 350 - Recent British Fiction
ENGL 354 - 20th-Century British Drama
ENGL 361 - The English Novel II
ENGL 365 - Victorian Prose and Poetry
ENGL 367 - English Literature of the Late Victorian and Edwardian Periods
ENGL 377 - Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
ENGL 381 - Irish Literature I
ENGL 382 - Irish Literature II
ENGL 386 - English Romantic Poets
ENGL 393 - Modern British Poetry Elective in American literature (3 credits)
Complete one course, selected from the following:
ENGL 309 - Early American Literature, Beginnings to 1820
ENGL 315 - Ethnic American Literature
ENGL 317 - African-American Literature I
ENGL 318 - African-American Literature II
ENGL 326 - Native American Writing and Rhetoric
ENGL 329 - Modern American Fiction
ENGL 330 - Recent American Fiction
ENGL 331 - U.S. Literature in the 19th Century I
ENGL 332 - U.S. Literature in the 19th Century II
ENGL 333 - Realism and Naturalism
ENGL 346 - Southern Literature
ENGL 356 - Modern American Drama
ENGL 357 - Recent American Drama
ENGL 394 - Modern American Poetry
ENGL 395 - Studies in Recent American Poetry Senior seminar (3 credits)
Complete one course, selected from the following:
ENGL 493 - Seminar: Writing Studies
ENGL 494 - Seminar: Special Topics
ENGL 495 - Seminar: British Literature and Culture
ENGL 496 - Seminar: American Literature and Culture
ENGL 497 - Seminar: World Literatures and Cultures Note(s):
Each of these courses also fulfills the upper-level Writing Designated within the Major core requirement (CWRM). Electives (15 credits)
Complete five additional English (ENGL) courses at the 200-level or above; at least three courses must be at the 300-level or above. Note(s):
Topical courses may fulfill some of the above requirements with the consent of the department chairperson. Topics will be announced prior to registration.
Total minimum credits: 36
Core Curriculum Requirements
A minimum of 120 earned credit hours is required for graduation. These earned hours include the Core Curriculum Requirements as specified in the Undergraduate Academic Programs section of this catalog and at the Core Curriculum website,
www.bridgew.edu/corecurriculum. For additional graduation requirements, see the Undergraduate Academic Policies section of this catalog.